In 1978, she married television director and filmmaker Dwight R. Adair (Dallas; Dynasty).
[3] In the beginning of her career, she often worked as assistant editor for her brother, Robert Estrin.
[1] Together, they worked on films and documentary features such as Desert Hearts (1985), Creation of the Universe (1985), What Happened to Kerouac?
Adair received the ACE Eddie Award for her editing of Boyhood (2014).
Adair is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, of American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.)